Toy musical wheel



(No Model.)

L. KYSBR & A. O. REX.

TOY MUSICAL WHEEL.

No. 258,771. Patented May 30, 1882.

Nine TATES ATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KYSER AND ALFRED G. REX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY MUSICAL WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,771, dated May 30,1882. Application filed December 31, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, LOUIS KYSER and ALFREDO. REX, both of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Toy Musical Wheels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to toys in which a wheel adapted to be pushedalong the ground causes a bell to ring; and our invention consists ininclosing a wheel having a series of striking-pins in a frame attachedto a stick or rod; and,further,in mounting a bell or alarm upon saidframe at the top, and arranging a spring-hammer also upon said frame andin such a position that the striking-pins on the wheelwill cause thesaid hammer to vibrate and strike the bell; further, in so constructingthe frame that when it is put together it forms a core for thepropelling stick or rod and also firmly holds the bell or gong inposition; and, finally,in minor details of construction, all of whichare fully set forth in the following specification and shown in theaccompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

The object of our invention is to construct a toy which may be eitherpushed before or drawn after the child, and in which a rotating wheelshall cause a continuous ringing of the bell; also, in so constructingthe same that it can be quickly and cheaply put together and at the sametime be ornamental in design.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved toy. Fig.2 is a cross-section of same on line 00 w, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionon line 11 y.

A is the wheel, preferably made of cast-iron, with its axle castintegral with it, and provided with striking-pins M upon itsspokes orrim. This wheel is held between the frame-plates B, which are two innumber and are riveted together at two or more places, F, so as to pivotthe wheelAbetween them. These plates B consist of a side bar, B, and acurved bar, B having the same curvature as the wheel A. These plates,when riveted together, form a socket, E, for the reception of the handleG at one end of bars B, the other ends being shaped to form a figure, D,of a man or animal.

The tops of the curved barsB form a hollow hub, H, which is adapted tofirmly clasp a nut, J, on the bottom of support, to which the hell I issecured by an ornamental nut, L.

Secured to the frameB is a spring-hammer,

N, which is vibrated and caused to strike the bell L by the pins Mon thewheel A as the latter is pushed along the ground and rotated.

By this construction no core-boxes are necessary, and the bell issecured to the frame without screw-bolts or their equivalent. I

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wheel supported in a metal frame consisting of a horizontal bar anda curved bar at top, inclosing the upper part of said wheel, andprovided with striking-pins and adapted to be propelled along theground, in combination with a bell held rigidly upon said frame, and aspring-hammer rigidly secured at its bottom to said frame and adapted tobe vibrated by said striking-pins to cause the bell to ring,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A wheel, A,provided with pins M, in combination with a frame, B,carrying at the top a bell and on one end a core, E, handle G, andspring-hammer N, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A whee], A, in combination with a frame, B, composed of two pieces,riveted together at F, each of said pieces being formed with a. hollowpart to form core E, a side bar, B, to carry the wheel A, and curvedparts which, when the frame is riveted together, form an arch or curvedpart, B over the upper half of the wheel, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

4. The combination of wheel A, having striking-pins M, frame B, havingcore E, figure D, hollow hub H, support J, with its nut L,bell I,spring-hammer N, and handle or rod G, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

5. The wheel A, in combination with a frame. B, provided with hollow hubH, figure D, and hollow core E,substantially as and for the purposespecified.

6. The wheel A,in combination with aframe, B, having side bars, B ,andtop curved bar, B and figure D, substantially as and for the purposespecified. v

In testimonyot' which invention we hereunto set our hands.

LOUIS KYSER. ALFRED G. REX.

Witnesses:

THUS. S. SMITH, R. S. CHILD, Jr.

